November 16, 2018

NHL the week in preview November 16, 2018

NBCSN has the Edmonton Oilers in the spotlight Tuesday night in San Jose. There won't be an overrun since the Oilers game is the only game on the schedule.

CBC won't carry the Toronto Maple Leafs for Hockey Night in Canada as the Habs travel to Vancouver for a late afternoon start local time. The Battle of Alberta in Calgary will be the late game.

City TV welcomes Sidney Crosby and his Penguins to the Canadian capital to take on the Senators.

Rogers Sportsnet has Hometown Hockey from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland as the new desert team will be in Edmonton. The regional channels have a pre-U.S. Thanksgiving doubleheader Wednesday with the Maple Leafs in Carolina and an all-Canadian matchup featuring the Winnipeg Jets in Calgary.

Rogers Sportsnet One has its own Wednesday doubleheader with les Canadiens in New Jersey and Vancouver traveling to Anaheim.

Rogers Sportsnet 360 doesn't feel left out on Wednesday with the Ottawa Senators in St. Paul.

ESPN+ has the game that NBCSN and the NHL Network refuse to cover: the Battle of Alberta with the CBC feed Saturday night.

CBC

City

Rogers Sportsnet

Rogers Sportsnet One

WednesdayMontréal @ New Jersey, 7pVancouver @ Anaheim, 10p

Rogers Sportsnet 360

WednesdayOttawa @ Minnesota, 8p

In the land of Montréal, centres have been hard to find. This didn't apply to Tomas Plekanec, who was more productive defensively than offensively. Plekanec went to Toronto in a deadline deal last spring but signed with Montréal.

The Canadiens and Plekanec reached a mutual decision to terminate his contract. Plekanec did hit the 1,000 NHL game plateau on October 15 against Detroit. Plekanec played 984 of his 1,001 career NHL games with les Habs. We say merci beaucoup et bon voyage.

John Bartlett and Jason York were reunited for Hockey Night in Canada for the Senators game. Bartlett and York worked Habs games for Rogers Sportsnet East. Rick Ball got to cover the Flames for the late CBC game in Los Angeles.

We were hoping for a Bob Cole sighting but he had the weekend off. The countdown to forced retirement only has a few games left.

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The NHL Network showed the whole Hockey Night in Canada feed this week so the U.S. audience got 6 CBC promos. This was all the more significant since the NHL Network is afraid to show the Habs and Canucks this week.

As we have noted, Mystery Mondays promotes the 2 Monday shows Murdoch Mysteries and Frankie Drake Mysteries. This is the final season for the long-running Canadian comedy Mr. D.